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Will there be any 'Arrow' mark in a Fuse holder?

Hi Everybody, I am new to this Forum. Please clarify that,

Will there be any 'Arrow' mark in a fuse holder to show

the direction to fix a fuse? Will all type of fuses have

'Arrow' mark? I need the advices to upgrade the fuses.

In one of a forum, I read the following 'Message'as follows:-

"The fuse has to be parallel to the overall direction of the sine waves coming from the wall socket and into you audio gear. If they enter at an unusually steep angle, the top (or bottom) peaks and throughs will get clipped off or attenuated and you will get jagged or almost square waves in you signal. The resulting SQ will be harsh and grating to the ears. Prolonged usage may damage the speaker coils as well."

So, friends,please give me a clear picture to replace a

'fuse' in my Preamp and DAC. Thank you.

Regards,

Rhapsodi.
rhapsodi
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Tgb, with 100s of customers reporting, results with pebbles vary, with best results circa 50-200%.

For those bringing down the curve, most likely operator error.
paulsax
275 posts
 
My problem if you will is that I see two questions on all these products. 1) does it work? 2) does the vendor explanation make any sense?

for 1) I most often need to listen myself. FOr #2 I find if the explanation is BS I automatically form a negative opinion of the entire shebang. Not fair or even smart but personally I tend to lump everything from a source as BS once they hit me once with it.

Not saying I'm an expert on lots of this stuff but on some thing I dont really need to be. Example? Well to read many releases there is more cutting edge quantum physics going on in the audio world than in the physics world. Really gotta doubt that. ANother is the argument that vaccinations are bad for kids. I'm no immunologist but when the argument is so laded with errors and "read on the internet" stuff as opposed to years of boring science you gotta call BS.
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
For those bringing down the curve, most likely operator error.
Geoffkait

Brilliantly funny!
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dmailer
235 posts
 
I realize there are a lot of skeptics out there but I just tried a couple of furutech fuses in my amps and changing direction on the fuses is like listening to two totally different systems. One direction has a clearer more focused sound but seems to lack musicality being less involving and has a flatter soundstage. The other direction is less focused but has more depth and body to images and sounds more organic and musical to me. Has anyone else found similar results in their systems with the furutech fuses? Depending on ones system and preferences I could see one preferring either direction to the other.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
Dmailer, I found this always to be the case, regardless of fuses or components. The proof is in what you hear, of course, but with the IsoClean fuses it is always with the prescribed and shown fuse direction.

It is just amazing to me that some will not even try it.
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